First BCS pairings are released Sunday night, so let the Bickering, Complaining and Scenarios begin. This is like pouring lighter fluid on a campfire, by the way. Does the NCAA list tentative basketball tournament brackets in January? Never, in any sport, will more be said about more things that never happen.

Three years ago, fans witnessed one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent memory. In 2007, five No. 1 teams and five No. 2 teams fell. Then at the end of all of the mayhem, LSU became the first two-loss team to advance to the Bowl Championship Series title game. Facing Ohio State, the Tigers won.

Alabama having been kicked out of the penthouse, it's moving week for the pecking order. Round up the usual suspects as the biggest beneficiaries; Ohio State, Oregon, Boise State. But four other unbeatens come off significant weeks and are demanding notice. Here they are, in four quarters.

Andy Dalton threw for a season-high 270 yards and three touchdowns a week after his worst game of the season and TCU recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time in 55 years in the No. 5 Frogs' 45-0 victory against Wyoming on Saturday.

Boise State's 59-0 demolition of New Mexico State Saturday night didn't do much to bolster the Broncos' chances of playing in the Bowl Championship Series title game. Those chances already appear to be out of their control.

The skeptics were already back in the ears of the Boise State Broncos five days after what was supposed to be a signature win against Virginia Tech. The Hokies, ranked sixth in the preseason, had been stunned by James Madison from the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision in their next game. The Broncos, without even playing that week, had already suffered a setback to their hopes of reaching the Bowl Championship Series title game thanks to an inexplicable loss by what was supposed to be the highest-profile team on their schedule.